Devanagari (Nagari) vs Korean (alias for Hangul + Han)

Writing system comparison · ISO Deva vs ISO Kore

Devanagari (Nagari) is a Living Left-to-right script from South Asian used by 61 languages. Korean (alias for Hangul + Han) is a Living Left-to-right script from East Asian used by 1 language. Both scripts read Left-to-right.

नमस्ते दुनिया
देवनागरी

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Devanagari (Nagari) Korean (alias for Hangul + Han)
ISO Code Deva Kore
Direction Left-to-right Left-to-right
Status Living Living
Region South Asian East Asian
Characters
Languages 61 1
Script Type Abugida Mixed Script
Descended From Brahmi
Total Speakers ~810M ~82M
Introduced 1200 CE

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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.